SUNY Adirondack offers summer learning opportunities

QUEENSBURY, New York (March 24, 2025) — SUNY Adirondack is proud to announce several free learning opportunities this summer. 

Through SUNY Transformation funding, the college will offer business courses free for qualifying students, including:

• QuickBooks Microcomputer Applications, a three-credit online course, is designed to prepare students for the QuickBooks certification exam offered by Intuit. The course runs May 19 to June 27.
• Advanced Bookkeeping Applications is a three-credit online course offered July 7 to Aug. 15. The course teaches six key subjects of bookkeeping and prepares students for the National Certification Bookkeeper (NCB) certification exam. 

“These courses are ideal for individuals who want to gain bookkeeping credentials,” said Susan Corlew, director of Continuing Education and Workforce Innovation at SUNY Adirondack. “This is a great investment for businesses to upskill their employees and strengthen their team’s skills.”

The classes include academic and career support through specialized advisors. 

To learn more, contact conted@sunyacc.edu or 518-743-2238.

Through New York state’s Adult Learner Leadership Initiative, SUNY Adirondack will also offer adults ages 25 and older who have not earned a college degree and are not enrolled in a degree program to take one of four classes free of charge. The courses include:

• Intro to Personal Finance
• The United States Since 1877
• Fundamentals of Nutrition
• Quantitative Skills for Health Science

These courses are offered May 19 to July 11 in a hybrid format — online, with an in-person class each Wednesday at SUNY Adirondack Saratoga. Each week includes personalized coaching and learning opportunities in academic and career success.  

Each of these courses is a requirement for degree programs offered by SUNY Adirondack and under consideration for Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal unveiled at the State of the State address in which qualifying adults ages 25 to 55 might be eligible to study high-demand fields at community colleges free of charge. 

“We are excited to offer an opportunity to test the educational waters at no cost — a great way to see how higher education can fit into your life,” said Kristine D. Duffy, Ed.D., president of SUNY Adirondack. 

To learn more, visit https://sunyacc.edu/saratogasummer, or contact College Access at 518-743-2264 or admission@sunyacc.edu. 

Also free at SUNY Adirondack this summer is a course offered as part of C4 Cannabis Consortium, a joint partnership among SUNY Adirondack, SUNY Columbia-Greene, SUNY Fulton-Montgomery and SUNY Schenectady to create cannabis-based workforce development, funded by a $1 million grant from the state of New York.

• Cannabis: A Journey through history, society and policy will be offered May 19 to June 27. 

To learn more, contact conted@sunyacc.edu or 518-743-2238.